FORMER Monty Python troupe member Michael Palin travels to the fearsome Himalaya Mountains for a Travel Channel documentary.He visits the Pakistani border as well as Kashmir,Tibet and Nagaland;he encounters tense experiences in tourist-friendly Nepal.Viewers will see the spectacular beauty of the Himalayas – which means Adobe of Snow – and the profusion of different religions and small communities that have to fight for survival.It ‘s a 2,000-mile journey that treks through six countries and includes much more than the mountain peaks Everest and Annapurna.

HIMALAYA WITH MICHAEL PALIN

Monday, 9 p.m., Travel Channel

DRAMA

Collision course

AFTER having been transferred to a Staten Island firehouse,Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary)calls in a few favors to try to get back with the crew of 62 Truck.Gavin ‘s personal life is a mess – his wife took off with the kids rather than put up with him. His professional life is falling apart;Gavin, it seems,played a role in the fire that left his fellow firefighter,Franco (Daniel Sunjata),in pretty bad shape.In the first episode, Gavin tracks his family to Ohio.He ‘s

shocked to see his wife (Andrea Roth)dating another fireman.Then he realized that he – and not his job – drove her away..

RESCUE ME

Tuesday, 10 p.m., FX

DRAMA

HORSE FEATHERS

TROUBLE child Kris Furillo,18, serves time at a juvy center and then gets a break.Kris knows how to handle animals and a horse trainer friend arranges for her to get a job at the Ritter ranch.Kris is excited,even though it means having to fit in with new people who may know her reputation.Kris gives the job her best shot and the Ritter family works to keep the ranch from going under.”Wildfire” co-stars Genevieve Cortese and Micah Alberti.

WILDFIRE

Monday, 8 p.m., ABC Family

DRAMA

Strangers with a cause

A shy British civil servant invites a girl he barely knows to a G8 Summit Meeting on world hunger in “The Girl in the Cafe.” The conference ‘s goal is to wipe out world poverty,but the usual media circus distracts its participants from its true purpose.The love story of the outsiders,played by Bill Nighy (“Love Actually “)and Kelly McDonald (“Gosford Park “), becomes intertwined with the story of the conference.This film was produced by Richard Curtis (“Four

Weddings and a Funeral “).

THE GIRL IN THE CAFE

Saturday, 8 p.m., HBO

GAMES

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REMEMBER the old game charades?Well,it ‘s back,but with a cast of celebs assembled by executive producers Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe and Bob Balaban. Filmed in a New York City loft apartment,the show features Lorraine Bracco,Stanley Tucci, Julianna Margulies,Hank Azaria and other performers.They mime movie titles and donate their winnings to individual charitable causes.After the game is over, dinner is served. “Celebrity Charades ” runs five